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V iNO'srs — Of the colour of red wine ; dirty 
pale red ; red uHth much grey. 
Vi'OLET, VroLA'cEUS— Of a violet colour; 
bine with a little red. Violaces'cens — 
With a pale violet tinge. 
Vi'rens— G reen. Virbs'ceks— S omewhat 
green, Vi'ridis — G reen. Vi'ror — 
Greenness. 
ViR'GATE, VlHGA'TUS—Twiglike. Vm- 
gcl'tum — A twig, as Oompholobium 
virrfntum. 
Virgin'ens— H aving attained the state of 
flowering. 
ViRiDEs'CENS — Synonym for “ Virescens.” 
Viridi'na — S ynonym for “Chlorophylla.” 
V I'ROK — G reen ness. 
ViRO'sus (Venomous) — With a noisome 
smell ; rank, poisonous. 
is'CTD, V is'ciDCS, V isoo'kcs— Coated 
with a tenacious juice, as the fruit of 
any of the Mistletoe, imd young shoots 
of the viscid Hop-bush. 
Vitel'linus— The colour of the yolk of an 
egg ; orange with a little grey. 
tel'lus (The yolk of an egg)— The 
thickened sac within the nucleus which 
contains the amnios; has been also 
described as any portion attached to 
the embryo, not distinctly rtferable to 
•radicle, cotyledon, or plumule. The 
•oily substance adhering to the spores of 
Ijyco]>cdiaceie. 
ViTi'cOLUS — Living on or within the vine, 
Vm'ccLA— Synonym for “ Surculus.” 
ViTiGULo'sus -Producing viticul®. 
Vi'TREU.s — Transparent. 
Vi'tuicus — L<> uking like glass. 
Vit'ta — A narrow elongated receptacle of 
aromatic oil. of which there are often 
several longitudinally and regularly 
disposed in the spennoderm in Umbelli- 
ferffi. In a transverse section of the 
fruit they appear as brown dots 
between the pericarp and albumen, 
Virra'TUs — Striped longitudinally. 
Vivip'arovs— B earing young plants in 
)ilace of flowers and seeds. (See 
Asplenimn vh'iixtrum.) 
Volu'bilis — T wisting spirally round a sup- 
port. (See the steins of plant called 
Climbing Iceplant or Lamb’s-tails, 
BonssiivjaxdUa ) 
Volu'tus — kolled up in any direction. 
Voi/VA — A membrane which completely 
invests certain Fungi in their early 
stages, and which bursts open as the 
contents develop. 
VcLPiNUS— Of a fox, fox-coloured, as 
Lentinus vulpinv.H^ 
Warts — H ard or firm excrescences. 
Whorl — Any set of organs or appendages 
arranged in a circle round an axi«, and 
in, or very nearly in, a plane perpen- 
dicular to it. Whorlkd— Synonym 
for “ Verticillatc.” 
Wort — A term applied to plants generally, 
and sometimes especially to those of 
herbaceous habit. Also used to desig- 
nate a sweet infusion of malt or grain. 
Chaucer’s “Wortes” applies to culti- 
vated jdants generally. 
Xakthophtll', Xanthophil'lum — A 
yellow colouring matter in plants. 
XanthorrlKPn, the Grass-tree, received 
its name from the yellow resiu which it 
exudes. 
Xerampkli'xvs — A very dull browm red ; 
red with much grey. See Polystictus 
xcrnuuHlinns. 
Xe'ros — l)ry, as in Xtrotea, 
XT'piforifvr.Lt's — Having sword - shaped 
leaves, or ensiform leaves. 
Xylocar'pcs— W hen fruit l)ecome9 hard 
and woody. 
Xylo'dia, Xylo'dilm— T he fruit of A/J j- 
ciirdiuru, unsymmetrical, monosper- 
mous, woody, and seated on a fleshy 
support. Also synonym for “Ache- 
Ilium.” (See fruit of Seviecarpvs ana- 
canilUhtf a common tree of our tropical 
coast, and also planted in many places 
about Brisbane.) 
Xylomy'ces — Fungi which grow upon 
wood or bark. 
Zo^KATUs, ZoxED. — Applied to organs when 
the colour is in bands. (See the leaves 
of the horseshoe Pdaryoniumy P. 
r.onale.) 
Zoo'cARP, ZoADU'LA, Zoosper'ma— T he 
spores of certain Algae, which are for a 
time endowed with powers of locomo- 
tion. 
ZooGL.E.\ — A colouring embedded in a 
gelatinous substance, as some Alg®. 
Zo'oGOXiDiA — Gonidia endowed with active 
motion. 
Zo'o.spouANGTUM, Zoo«PORANGE— Sporan- 
gium enclosing zoospores. 
Zo'ObPORES — Locomotive motile spores. 
Zy'gos — A yoke, as ZijfjophyllmfX, 
Zt'gorpores — A spore resulting from con- 
jugation. 
